What is the collective noun for a chic group of French female politicians? Aurelie Filippetti, Genevieve Fiorasco, Nicole Bricq, Michele Delaunay and Valerie Fourneyron attend the first cabinet meeting of the newly formed French government

The Queen enjoys her jubilee trip on the Yellow Duck amphibious vehicle during a visit to the Merseyside Maritime Museum in Liverpool. Not so sure about Prince Philip though, who maybe feeling a bit seasick

The torch is lit and today Greece formally hands over the Olympic flame to a London delegation including David Beckham at the Panathenaic stadium where the first modern Games were held in 1896. Boris Johnson is also there, so expect the entire event to go off without a hitch and with no inappropriate jokes

Sam Hallam leaves the Royal Courts of Justice after his conviction for murder was quashed following a lengthy campaign to clear his name. The high court judge today declared that he had been the victim of a 'serious miscarriage of justice'

Police detain a gay-rights protester after clashes with Orthodox Christian activists in Tbilisi, Georgia. Dozens of gay-rights activists marched on the streets to mark International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia

A new fruit is to go on sale at Marks & Spencer next week, but you may not be able to keep a straight face when asking for it. The fruit, currently dubbed a 'papple', looks and tastes like an apple but has the skin and texture of a pear

Greece's new caretaker prime minister, Panagiotis Pikrammenos, arrives at the Greek parliament in Athens. Greece unveiled a caretaker cabinet of technocrats tasked with organising the cash-strapped nation's second elections just six weeks after the last inconclusive vote. Greece is after all the home of democracy so perhaps it's fitting it produces so many elections in so short a time

New elected members of parliament of the exteme rightwing Golden Dawn party are sworn in to what will prove to be shortest-lived parliament in Greece's history, as it is due to be dissolved immediately to pave the way for new elections on 17 June

Mejra Dzogaz prays near the graves of her two sons before another day's television broadcast of the court proceedings against former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic. Mejra's husband, three sons and a grandson were killed during the Srebrenica massacre in 1995 by a Serbian army unit commanded by Mladic. The Bosnian Serb general made a throat-slitting gesture to a woman who lost her son, husband and brothers in the Srebenica massacre at the start of his trial for some of the worst atrocities in Europe since the second world war

Exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer at a rally in Tokyo to protest against the Chinese government. Kadeer closed a four-day conference during which she had claimed her people were in a fight for their survival because of increasing repression in China